Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-09-03

] do not think that The spray win huri
you. IL man gets wet through going
to his daily work. cold. catarrb. cough |
and all their attendant evils may be ex-
pected; but these maladies usually spare
the tourist. Change of air. plenty of
air. excellence OF air and increased
exercise make these things powerless.
] should therefore bid you TO disregard
the spray. II, however. you are your
self of a different opinion. you may hire
a suit Of oil-cloth clothes for. believe,
quarter of dollar. They are nasty,
of course, and have this further disad-
vantage, that you become much more
wet having them on than you would be
without them.
Here. on this side, you walk TO the
very edge Of the cataract and il your
tread be steady and your legs firm.
you dip your feet into the water ex-
actly Mt the spot where the thin out
side margin Of the current reaches the
rocky edge and jumps to join the mass
OF the fall. The bed of white foam be-
meath is certainly seen better here than
elsewhere, and the green curve Of the
water is as bright here as when seen
from the wooden rail across. But,
nevertheless. | say again that that
wooden rail is on the point from
whence Niagara may be best seen
Alright.
Close to the cataract. exactly at the
spot from whence in former days the
Table Rock used to project from the
land over the boiling cladron below,
there is now shaft down which you
will descend 10 the level of the river,
and pass between the rock and the
torrent. This Table Rock broke away
from the cliff and fell. as up the whole
course Of the river the seeding rocks
have split and fallen from time to time
through countless years. and viii con.
tinue 10 do until the bed of the upper
lake is reached You will decend this
shaft, taking TO yourself or not taking
TO yourself suit of oil-clothes. as you
may think best
In the spot to which / allude the
visitor stands ON broad safe path.
made of shingles. between the rock
over which the water rushes and the
rushing water. He will go in SO far
that the spray rising back from the bed
OF The torrent does not incommode him.
With this exception, the further he can
90 in the better; but circumstances will
cearly show him the spot to which he
should advance. Unless the water be
driven in by very strong wind. five
yards makes the difference between a
comparatively dry coat and an absolute
wet one. And then let him stand with
his back TO the entrance. thus hiding
the last glimmer of the expiring day.
So standing he will look up among the
falling waters, or down into the deep
misty pit, from which they reascend in
almost as pslpable bulk. The rock
will be at his right hand, high and hard
and dark and straight like the wall Of
some huge cavern, such as children
enter ia their dreams For the first
five minutes he will be looking but at
the waters OF cataract, lat the waters,
indeed. OF such a cataract as we know
no other, and at their interior curves
which elsewhere we cannot see. But
bs-and.hy all this will change. He
win no longer be on a sRiHgly path
beneath a waterfall; but that feeling
Of cavern viii grow upon him. Of a
cavern deep. below roaring seas. in
which the waves are there, though
they do not enter in upon him; or,
rather. not the waves. but the very
bowels OF the ocean. He will feel as
though the floods surrounded him,
coming and going with their wild
sounds, and he will hardly recognize
that though among them he is not in
them. Aud they, as they fall with a
continual roar. not hurting the ear,
but musical wilhal. will seem TO move
as the vast ocean waters may perhaps
move in their internal currents. He
will lose the sense of one continued
descent and think they are passing
round him in their appointed courses.
The broken spray that rises from the
depths below, rises so strongly, so pal
pably. SO rapidly, that the motion in
, every direction will seem equal. And,
|; as no looks on, strange colors viii show
themselves through the mist; the shades
of gray will become green or blue.
with ever and anon flash of white
, and then. when some gust of wind
, blows in with greater violence, the sea-
i girt cavern will become all dark and
black. o. my friend, let there be nc
, one there to speak 10 thee then; moi
0 even brother As you stand there
4 speak only to the waters.